* *A Deepness in the Sky (Tor 0-312-85683-0, Mar 99 [Feb 99], $27.95, 606pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Fire Upon the Deep] SF novel, a standalone prequel (by 30,000 years) to the Hugo-winning A Fire Upon the Deep. Pham Nuwen and the Queng Ho interstellar trading fleet fight to protect a dormant alien population from an enemy fleet.

* _A Deepness in the Sky (SFBC #20164, Jun 99, $13.98, 607pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Fire Upon the Deep] Reprint (Tor 1999) SF novel, sequel to A Fire Upon the Deep. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

* _A Deepness in the Sky (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-826-4, Jun 99, £11.99, 607pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) [Fire Upon the Deep] Reprint (Tor 1999) epic SF novel. A prequel to the award-winning A Fire Upon the Deep. A hardcover edition (-825-6, £16.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]

* *The Life of High Countess Gritta von Ratsinourhouse (with Gisela von Arnim Grimm) (University of Nebraska Press 0-8032-9620-7, Aug 99 [Nov 99], $15.00, 152 + xxxv, tp, cover by Peter Murphy) Literary satirical novel with fantasy elements about 12 girls fleeing a convent school. Written in the early 1840s but not published in full until 1986. First time in English; translated from the German Das Leben der Hochgrafin Gritta von Rattenzuhausbeiuns by Lisa Ohm, who also provides a critical/historical introduction. A hardcover edition (-4665-X, $35.00) was announced but not seen. University of Nebraska Press, 312 North 14th St, PO Box 880484, Lincoln NE 68588-0484; credit card orders 800-755-1105.

* *Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction (Putnam 0-399-14505-2, Aug 99, $24.95, 298pp, hc, cover by Paul Bacon) Collection of 23 vintage stories from the late 40s and 50s, published in book form for the first time, with a new autobiographical Coda to My Career as a Writer for Periodicals. Several stories have been edited and corrected. There is a new introduction by Vonnegut and a preface by Vonnegut scholar Peter Reed. (Contents)

* _Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction (Jonathan Cape 0-224-06051-1, Sep 99, £16.99, xviii+295pp, hc) Reprint (Putnam 1999) collection of 23 SF/mainstream stories from the 1950s and 60s, with a new introduction and coda by Vonnegut, and a preface by Peter Reed. Three of the stories have been revised for this edition. [First U.K. edition]

* *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Haunts in the House (Pocket Archway 0-671-02819-7, Oct 99 [Sep 99], $4.50, 134pp, pb) [Sabrina, the Teenage Witch] Young-adult novelization, 27th in the series based on the TV show based on the Archie Comic. Copyrighted by Viacom Productions.

* *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Witchopoly (Pocket Archway 0-671-02806-5, May 99 [Apr 99], $4.50, 148pp, pb) [Sabrina, the Teenage Witch] Young-adult novelization, 22nd in the series based on the TV show based on the Archie Comic. Copyrighted by Viacom Productions.

* *The Divided (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41437-3, Feb 99 [Jan 99], $12.95, 358pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) SF novel of a war-torn world and the female hero/demon on one side and the freedom fighter/terrorist on the other, brought together by an alien prophecy.

* *Circle of Stones (St. Martins 0-312-19843-4, Apr 99 [Mar 99], $25.95, 432pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Craft) [Druid Circle] Historical novel with minor fantasy elements, first in The Druid Circle about the Welsh discovery of America three centuries before Columbus. A womans newborn son is believed to be the leader foretold by the Druids.

* _Dragon Weather (SFBC #06227, Nov 99, $12.98, 480pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Obsidian Chronicles] Reprint (Tor 1999) fantasy novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.